Testimonies for the Church Volume Nine
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Testimonies for the Church Volume Nine

by Ellen G. White

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California; Southern Publishing Assn., Nashville, Tenn.; Review & Herald Pub. Assn., Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · 1909

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279

Contents

  1. PREFACE.3
  2. FOR THE COMING OF THE KING.11
  3. THE LAST CRISIS.11
  4. CALLED TO BE WITNESSES.19
  5. A HOLY LIFE.21
  6. CHRIST’S REPRESENTATIVES.22
  7. STEADFAST ADHERENCE TO THE TRUTH.23
  8. A WORLD-WIDE MESSAGE.24
  9. THE KIND OF WORKERS NEEDED.26
  10. AN IMPRESSIVE SCENE.28
  11. HOME MISSIONARY WORK.30
  12. OUR EXAMPLE.31
  13. THE RESULT OF WHOLE-HEARTED EFFORT.32
  14. DIFFERENT LINES OF SERVICE.33
  15. CIRCULATING OUR PUBLICATIONS.33
  16. HOUSE-TO-HOUSE WORK.35
  17. WORK FOR WOMEN.36
  18. THE HOME A MISSION FIELD.37
  19. A PLACE FOR EVERY ONE.37
  20. THE RESULT OF FAILING TO WORK.39
  21. AN APPEAL FOR UNTIRING EFFORT.40
  22. MISSIONARY FAMILIES.40
  23. DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SERVICE.42
  24. THE NEED OF EARNEST EFFORT.43
  25. A LACK OF SYMPATHY.45
  26. “FREELY YE HAVE RECEIVED, FREELY GIVE.”49
  27. GOD’S BENEVOLENCE.49
  28. THE WORLD’S NEED OF HELP.51
  29. OUR SELFISHNESS A HINDRANCE OF GOD’S WORK.52
  30. GOD’S ALMONERS.53
  31. LITERATURE IN SERVICE.[^1]61
  32. OUR PUBLICATIONS.61
  33. CIRCULATE THE PUBLICATIONS.65
  34. AN ENCOURAGING EXPERIENCE.65
  35. DANGERS IN SPECULATIVE STUDY.67
  36. DIGNITY OF THE BOOK WORK.69
  37. UNITY AND PROGRESS.70
  38. OUR RELIEF BOOKS.70
  39. LIFT THE DEBTS.71
  40. ANOTHER VIEW OF THE BOOK WORK.71
  41. A CAUTION.73
  42. A PARABLE FOR OUR STUDY.73
  43. LIGHT FOR ALL.74
  44. A LESSON IN COMMERCIALISM.75
  45. A BROADER VIEW.76
  46. CAMP-MEETINGS AND OUR PUBLICATIONS.81
  47. THE WORK IN THE CITIES.[^1]89
  48. CONDITIONS IN THE CITIES.89
  49. THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD ON OUR CITIES.92
  50. A PRESENT-DAY WORK.97
  51. IN THE CITIES OF THE EAST.98
  52. LIBERALITY IN MISSIONARY EFFORT.100
  53. A MOTIVE FOR SERVICE.101
  54. GET READY.104
  55. METHODS OF LABOR.109
  56. THE NEED OF HOUSE-TO-HOUSE WORK.111
  57. THE CITY MISSION A TRAINING-SCHOOL.111
  58. TEACHING THE PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH REFORM.112
  59. THE WEALTHY CLASSES NOT TO BE PASSED BY.113
  60. PLANS FOR ENLARGING OUR LABORING FORCES.116
  61. DEVELOPMENT OF TALENT IN THE CHURCHES.117
  62. JOYOUS SERVICE.118
  63. PERSONAL EFFORT IN CONNECTION WITH CAMP-MEETINGS.120
  64. TOURIST CENTERS AND CENTERS OF COMMERCE.121
  65. WITH UNFLAGGING ZEAL.122
  66. AN APPEAL TO LAYMEN.125
  67. A REFORMATORY MOVEMENT.126
  68. LABORING WHILE PROBATION LINGERS.126
  69. THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL LABOR.127
  70. CHERISHING A SPIRIT OF SELF-DENIAL.130
  71. CONDITIONS OF ACCEPTABLE SERVICE.133
  72. WORDS OF COUNSEL TO MINISTERS.137
  73. Sanitarium, Cal., Nov. 3, 1901.137
  74. *To a Worker of Long Experience in New York City —*137
  75. IN COURAGE AND SIMPLICITY.141
  76. FORMALITY IN WORSHIP.143
  77. UNITY IN DIVERSITY.144
  78. IN THE MEEKNESS OF CHRIST.146
  79. MEETING OPPOSITION.147
  80. THE NEED OF EARNEST, WHOLE-SOULED LABOR.149
  81. THE HEALTH WORK.153
  82. FAITHFULNESS IN HEALTH REFORM.[^1]153
  83. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.154
  84. STRENGTH THROUGH OBEDIENCE.154
  85. FLESH FOODS.156
  86. “TO THE GLORY OF GOD.”159
  87. TEACHING HEALTH PRINCIPLES.161
  88. EXTREMES IN DIET.161
  89. DIET IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.163
  90. A WORD TO THE WAVERING.163
  91. CONDITIONS OF ANSWERED PRAYER.164
  92. SELF-SURRENDER, AND REST.165
  93. A PLEA FOR MEDICAL MISSIONARY EVANGELISTS.[^1]167
  94. SANITARIUMS AS MISSIONARY AGENCIES.167
  95. THE TRAINING OF WORKERS.169
  96. NURSES AS EVANGELISTS:170
  97. THE LOMA LINDA COLLEGE OF EVANGELISTS.[^1]173
  98. THE SPIRIT OF UNITY.[^1]179
  99. “That they all may be one.”179
  100. UNITY AMONG DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES.[^2]179
  101. UNITY IN CHRIST JESUS.184
  102. Loma Linda, Cal., Aug. 24, 1905.184
  103. A LIFE OF GRACE AND PEACE.186
  104. THE PUBLISHING WORK AT COLLEGE VIEW.189
  105. Loma Linda, Cal., Aug. 24, 1905.189
  106. CHRIST’S RELATION TO NATIONALITY.190
  107. A SURE FOUNDATION.191
  108. GERMAN AND SCANDINAVIAN CONFERENCES.195
  109. AN EXAMPLE OF BROTHERLY KINDNESS.197
  110. AMONG THE COLORED PEOPLE.199
  111. A CALL FOR COLORED LABORERS.199
  112. “LABORERS TOGETHER WITH GOD.”202
  113. PROCLAIMING THE TRUTH WHERE THERE IS RACE ANTAGONISM.204
  114. “IN ALL WISDOM AND PRUDENCE.”210
  115. THE SABBATH.211
  116. THE COLOR-LINE.213
  117. A LESSON FROM CHRIST’S LABORS.216
  118. A TIME OF PREPARATION.218
  119. THE WARFARE BEFORE US.219
  120. CONSIDERATION FOR COLORED LABORERS.223
  121. THE NEEDS OF A MISSION FIELD.225
  122. THE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY WORK.[^1]227
  123. A TIME OF TRIAL BEFORE US.227
  124. SUNDAY LABOR.232
  125. Sanitarium, Cal., Aug. 17, 1902.232
  126. WORDS OF CAUTION.239
  127. TIMELY COUNSELS.245
  128. FAITHFUL STEWARDSHIP.[^1]245
  129. THE SUPPORT OF THE GOSPEL.246
  130. THE USE OF THE TITHE.247
  131. A SOLEMN OBLIGATION.249
  132. BENEFICENCE.253
  133. THE GLORY OF THE GOSPEL.253
  134. THE BLESSINGS OF STEWARDSHIP.255
  135. MEETING AROUND THE CROSS.256
  136. THE SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE.257
  137. UNITY IN DIVERSITY.259
  138. THE GENERAL CONFERENCE.260
  139. A DISTRIBUTION OF RESPONSIBILITY.[^1]262
  140. A WARNING.265
  141. IN HUMILITY AND FAITH.[^1]270
  142. WISE COUNSELORS.270
  143. GO FORWARD.271
  144. THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST.274
  145. TO THE WORKERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.[^1]277
  146. “I AM BUT A LITTLE CHILD.”[^1]281
  147. “FOLLOWERS OF GOD, AS DEAR CHILDREN.”283
  148. THE REWARD OF EARNEST EFFORT.285